QuoteI think merging the Dublin team is a stupid idea personally.
Bohs, Rovers, Pats and even Shels (yes I said it!) all have great traditions and are still better equipped than a lot of teams in the league.
I'd hate to see it happening personally.
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I think merging the Dublin team is a stupid idea personally.
Bohs, Rovers, Pats and even Shels (yes I said it!) all have great traditions and are still better equipped than a lot of teams in the league.
I'd hate to see it happening personally.
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What did you get in Geography??Originally Posted by liambo
Get a map out and you will clearly see that Bray is in county Wicklow. End of debate.
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And if Bohs, Shels and Rovers merged, they'd be unfairly succesful with big attendances.
City definetly have the best bands playing at half-time.
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2 points:
1st, who says we have to implement genesis?
2nd: throw chf out, half way there already and on-one is put out. merge rovers and bohs!?! **** right off.
and how did rovers end up in the northside group and home farm in the southside one? someone this stupid has to be an FAI mole testing the water
I think the opposite might happen. Not sure if I could go down to support a North Dublin Hybrid Team, its Shelbourne or noone.
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The problem isn't the number of Dublin teams, it's the apathy of the general Dublin public to their teams.
The population is there to support them all.
Amalgamating teams would be a mistake IMO.
Groundsharing isn't a bad idea though.
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Why don't people think before they speak and write such silly things ?
I propose merging Cork, Cobh and Derry to play in Turner's Cross and Longford, Athlone and Dundalk to play in Flancare Park.
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We're not arrogant, we're just better.
I propose merging Cork, Cobh and Derry to play in Turner's Cross and Longford, Athlone and Dundalk to play in Flancare Park.
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Great call ! Maybe Bray and UCD could also merge and we could call ourselves the "South Dublin Supper Soccer Team", ah wait i totally forgot Bray is in Wicklow, scap that idea
Ever hear of a club called UCD?one way to satisfy the genises criteria is to limit the numbers of dublin teams.
at the moment we have.shels,rovers,bohs,st.pats bray and dublin city.totally unsustainable.
i would suggest(and i know this is going to hurt) that bohs,shels,and rovers merge and play at tolka park,bray dublin city and st. pats merge and play at inchicore.
that would leave a bit of space for some of the "country teams"
Liambo, I wonder if you're just taking the ****.
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What percentage of the population live in Dublin or its surrounding area? What percentage of the EL clubs play in Dublin?
If the league is to go regional, Dublin will have four regions, and there are already four prime candidates for each of them. Hopefully we will soon see the day when Shelbourne are the North co.Dublin team and Rovers are the south co.Dublin team, while Bohemians are the north Dublin city team and Pats are the south Dublin city team.
Where does this leave Dublin City and UCD? UCD should have no place in the League as far as I am concerned, sorry UCD fans, but the club brings nothing to the league, never will, and serves no purpose. It should stick to the college leagues where it belongs. The sooner Dublin City go bust the better.
Merging clubs makes no sense.
I think that this could not be let happen for at least one very obvious reason. In order to preserve the dignity of each club's illustrious history, each would surely want to have at least vestiges of their colours on the resultant shirt - they'd end up with a green, red, black, white weave effect. I for one would object to this, on the grounds of it interfering with any possible television coverage, and people continually switching channels mid game to make sure that their telly isn't banjaxed. Anyway, what could they be called?
Shelhemian Rovers?
Bohrock Bourne?
Shambournians?
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I suspect that St. Pat's would be exempt from this rule, owing to having already merged equally and amicably with St. Francis, an exemplary merger that has resulted with the equal re-application of the clubs names to the new club - taking the St. and Football Club from St Francis Football Club. and the Patrick's Athletic from St. Patrick's Athletic Football Club to create the completely new entity, mutually respectful of their respective traditions: St. Patrick's Athletic Football Club
That question was less stupid, though you asked it in a profoundly stupid way.
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Yes, that's what they did....I suspect that St. Pat's would be exempt from this rule, owing to having already merged equally and amicably with St. Francis, an exemplary merger that has resulted with the equal re-application of the clubs names to the new club - taking the St. and Football Club from St Francis Football Club. and the Patrick's Athletic from St. Patrick's Athletic Football Club to create the completely new entity, mutually respectful of their respective traditions: St. Patrick's Athletic Football Club
I thought St. Francis becmae part of St. Pats. As in they were absorbed into the club.
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Bring nothing to the league? What does that even mean?
I dont think ANY club should disband. If it comes down to it I would rather see a club relocate to another part of Ireland and keep its tradition.
Shels to Mayo!!
We're not arrogant, we're just better.
It's a pretty fair distribution actually, if you consider that over a third of people live in the Dublin area. There's plenty of room for all the clubs that exist if they were to market themselves properly and the league as a product developed in a similar way to rugby. look at Celtic league attendances in rugby, where most of the time there are no away fans and soccer (a much bigger sport) should be able to promote itself properly.
BTW, with regards to UCD, the population of UCD (staff and students) is larger than most towns in Ireland (18000 students and over 3000 staff) so they have a ready made audience there. The thing is to stop blaming individual clubs for their shoddy attendances (they have a role to play definitely) but to increase the appeal of the league as a whole so that people will want to go and watch games, regardless of the teams involved.
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No, the merger was only proposed. It never actually happened.Yes, that's what they did....
I thought St. Francis becmae part of St. Pats. As in they were absorbed into the club.
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